This episode explains bone scans as functional, nuclear medicine tests that reveal bone metabolism—blood flow, inflammation, infection, and repair—often before structural imaging shows changes.

Learn the three phases (flow, blood pool, delayed), how osteomyelitis typically lights up all phases, pitfalls like Charcot foot and ischemia, and advanced options (SPECT‑CT, labeled white blood cell scans, PET) that improve diagnosis and guide limb‑salvage decisions.